Arbitration Act 1940
Section 45
Power of Judicial Authority to refer Parties to Arbitration
Notwithstanding anything contained in Part I
or in the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 a judicial authority, when seized of an
action in a matter in respect of which the parties have made agreement referred
to in section 44, shall, at the request of one of the parties or any person
claiming through or under him, refer the parties to arbitration, unless it
finds that the said agreement is null and void, inoperative or incapable of
being performed.